850 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvni. 



P^amily CORACIID^. 



CORACIAS GARRULUS Linnaeus. 



Coracias (/arrulus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., lOtli ed., I, 1758, p. 107 (Tuirope [type 

 locality, Sweden]). 



Seven specimens: two are without data; the others w^ere taken at 

 Taveta, March 25, 1888; Mount Kili-uanjaro, 5,0()0 feet altitude, Octo- 

 ber 20, 1889; and the Useri River, Mount Kilimanjaro, December 1-1 

 and 18, 1888. " Irides of youno- brown. Very conmion now (Decem- 

 ber 18, 1888), after an absence of seven months." One of the imma- 

 ture birds, taken December IS, is just completing a molt of the wing 

 quills. 



CORACIURA CAUDATA (Linnaeus). 



Coraciati candata Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., 12th e<l., I, 1766, ]>. 1(>0 (Angola). 



Two specimens: an adult male from the plains east of Mount Kili- 

 manjaro; and a female from the plains near Taveta. 



The remarkable development of the tail in the male of this and 

 several similar species seems to entitle them to the generic distinction 

 founded bj^ Bonaparte on Coraeias ci/a/iogasfe/'." 



EURYSTOMUS AFER SUAHELICUS Neumann. 



Eurystomus afer .sitahelicus Neumann, Journ. f. Oriiith., 1905, p. 186 (Tschara, 

 Tana River, British East Africa). 



Three adult specimens, all from Taveta. One of them, a female, 

 measures as follows: Length of wing, 181; tail, 99; exposed culmen, 

 21; tarsus, 17; middle toe, 18 mm. 



This recently described form differs from true £'i//'i/sto?/tu,s aftr in 

 its decidedly larger size, and appreciably darker, more rufous lower 

 surface. Doctor Sharpe long ago called attention'^ to the dimensional 

 discrepancy existing between specimens of Eiirystoinus ((ferirowx East 

 and those from West Africa, while Mr. Neumann some time ago 

 noticed'' their darker and luore rufescent color. These differences 

 now seem sufficient to warrant recognition in nomenclature; and if 

 Doctor Reichenow's Eurystomas rufobuccalis '^ is even subspecitically 

 distinct, as appears to be the case, the form of E. afer inhabiting the 

 eastern part of Africa should bear the name suahellcus Neumann, since 



« Coraciura Bonaparte, Consp. Volucr. Anisod., 1854, p. 7. 

 6 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVII, 1892, p. 31. 

 <; Journ. f. Ornith., 1900, p. 209. 



d Eurystomus afer ya.r. riifohuccali.'i Reichenow, J onrn. f. Ornith., 1892, p. 27 (Man- 

 jonjo, Uganda, British East Africa). 



